Cuatzon (MH628v)

Cuatzon (MH628v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuatzon is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a man's haed (Cua-) with a large lock of hair (tzontli) standing up on the top of his head. The man's head is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph is similar to one for Temilo (see below). Such a large lock can simply be called a tzontli. Perhaps the version that starts with "Cua-" is meant to clarify that this is the type of tzontli that involves a hairstyle rather than a bundle of things that added up to 400 (also tzontli).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Diego
quatzon

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Cuatzon

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Appearance
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
tied, bound, or bundled
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

hair, pelo, cabello, mechón, apariencia, estilo guerrero, estilo sacerdote, cabeza, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cua-, relating to head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cua-2
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
temilo(tli), a warrior hairstyle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temilotli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cabeza-Mechón

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Orthography: 
"q" for c
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tzontli (Mdz48r)

tzontli (TR21r)

tzontli (MH518v)

Temilo (MH513v)

Quetzon (MH518v)

Cuatzon (MH522V)

Cuatzontli (MH536r)

Cuatzon (MH615r)